“Hey, I just tried to break into my school principal’s room on a weekend to change my exam grade - because, you know, bad grades don’t look good on me - BUT WHY IS THIS BEING MADE INTO SUCH A TOPIC ???”
The way I understand it - this quote talks about the attitude of acceptance and aesthetics.
During snowfall, flakes are scattered all around; some fall on the mountain top, some on the tree branches, some on the street. And also, no two snowflakes are alike. But if the snowflake that fell on the mountaintop, fell on the street instead, and vice versa - they would have made the scenery exactly as beautiful.
We accept that beauty as is, as a whole, irrespective of where the individual snowflakes fell - because they alll make the scenery equally beautiful.
I know some people praise the lack of an algorithm because it makes them spend less time on YouTube but I don’t have that problem anyway. Almost all videos I’ve watched on YouTube. I found through the homepage. The lack of it makes the alternatives useless for me. I’d even maybe be fine with something that takes all the...
To provide “personal recommendation”, an App would most likely need to profile you, i.e. track your viewing habits and trends, and forecast your areas of interests.
IMO this goes directly against the concept of privacy.
On the brighter side, I think Freetube (local, on windows) and LibreTube (on Android, but needs a piped account) can provide personalized video suggestions, but you yourself should check them out.
“Most people are not interesting enough to profile, so they don’t need this XYZ privacy tool…”
I always have this ready as a counter argument
"Only a stupid person would not care about pickpockets just because his wallet does not have much cash - a pickpocket will not ask you how much cash you have before picking your wallet, and even if your wallet turns up to be empty, the pickpocket is not going to be a gentleman and return that to you.
Tracking/profiling for Ads on the internet happen en masse; you are just one of a million data points that build a profile - it doesn’t care whether you as an individual are interesting or not".
I am also a former Jerboa user and although I kinda liked it - the sole reason that I moved away from it was the lack of a proper search feature (It is already well-known that the Search bar in Jerboa is basically only for communities; Jerboa can’t search for posts, comments or users.
I have lately been using Eternity - and the main reason is that Eternity is a fork of Infinity for Reddit, and Infinity was a complete app by its own merit - so although Eternity is not updated frequently, it is very unlikely that I will miss any essential feature in Eternity for Lemmy.
Wayfair’s CEO has an end-of-year message for employees of the online furniture company: Don’t shy away from doing more work and blending your work with your life....
What's the best way to read a book in a dark room?
Hello everyone....
HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten (www.theregister.com)
The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz
Just started reading this book this week - and oh boy (pun intended) it is relatable AF....
Trump claims he didn’t have ‘fair notice’ that Georgia actions could be illegal (www.independent.co.uk)
The former president files several fresh motions to toss out Fulton County election interference charges...
So Apt.. (lemmy.world)
Are there any privacy friendly YouTube frontends (web or desktop) that has any sort of personal recommendation system?
I know some people praise the lack of an algorithm because it makes them spend less time on YouTube but I don’t have that problem anyway. Almost all videos I’ve watched on YouTube. I found through the homepage. The lack of it makes the alternatives useless for me. I’d even maybe be fine with something that takes all the...
You probably don't need a VPN (www.spacebar.news)
What can India and Indians do to attract more international tourists (lemmy.world)
Amazon's Prime Video will start serving ads on January 29 unless you pay extra
Amazon's Prime Video will start serving ads on January 29 unless you pay extra (www.engadget.com)
best app for lemmy?
The one I’m using is becoming so buggy to the point of being unusable. It was never really great tbh, what are most people using?...
Ujjain Is Global Prime Meridian, Will Work Towards Shifting It From Greenwich: MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav (www.outlookindia.com)
Wayfair CEO: Employees need to work longer hours | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Wayfair’s CEO has an end-of-year message for employees of the online furniture company: Don’t shy away from doing more work and blending your work with your life....
[Discussion] Have you ever pirated something because you forgot you own it?
I wanted to try out Serato Sample’s new stem separation tool added in 2.0 so I downloaded a crack to see if it was worthwhile....
HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)
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Jerboa 0.0.52-alpha Release (github.com)
Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.
Reddit says a bug is letting slurs get added to its links - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
What's going on with F-Droid Board of Directors and "Hans" ?
Sorry, living under a rock recently. Can someone ELI5 this for me? Thanks !
Mormon church helps keep child sex abuse cases hidden from scrutiny | AP News (apnews.com)
When not thinking about it, do you notice your blinking?
I feel like it’s one of those autonomic behaviors like breathing where it only really becomes noticeable when you think about it, but I’m not sure.